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the bush era however the final column there on the right shows that the hype and the promise of the obama administration may have overshadowed the reality in many regions of the world so will this hearing today result in any meaningful changes or was it just an opportunity for grandstanding on capitol hill well we don't quite know the answer to that but as always for and keep you posted. well israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has won the general election but it was much closer than anyone expected define almost all predictions the biggest winners turned out to be people in the center illustrating that the economy things like concern over housing prices were seemingly far more important then nuclear threats on the issue of iran and as our policy reports it may leave netanyahu desperate enough to turn to the extreme right for help. the voting here might be in secret but what's no secret is the result there was never really any doubt that prime minister netanyahu would win in another term in office but the not on paper isn't matched by the end of the school. but that image and we kno
the bush era however the final column there on the right shows that the hype and the promise of the obama administration may have overshadowed the reality in many regions of the world so will this hearing today result in any meaningful changes or was it just an opportunity for grandstanding on capitol hill well we don't quite know the answer to that but as always for and keep you posted. well israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has won the general election but it was much closer than...
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the and it's backed by by washington by the obama administration which gives them additional clout the problem is they just ram through a constitution that in effect what's happening is the muslim brotherhood is establishing islamic dictatorship i think they're so preoccupied with this sure real agenda this is a llama sation look reading this just heard a state which the fact all those years are merging to be in islam it sasha but i would carry a regime that will regulate every corner of life and they're less concerned evidently with the real function of the common be so that. you probably need to right now. a terror attack alarm in libya's second largest city three european governments call for the immediate evacuation of their citizens amid fears the city could be ripped apart by terror attacks soon more on that in a few minutes. career is warning of war saying it will attack south korea if its neighbor takes part in fresh u.n. sanctions eltham eighteen months a third day of fairy rhetoric with pyongyang previously involving more nuclear and ballistic tests james corbet editor of a j
the and it's backed by by washington by the obama administration which gives them additional clout the problem is they just ram through a constitution that in effect what's happening is the muslim brotherhood is establishing islamic dictatorship i think they're so preoccupied with this sure real agenda this is a llama sation look reading this just heard a state which the fact all those years are merging to be in islam it sasha but i would carry a regime that will regulate every corner of life...
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so you blamed president obama and the obama administration for colluding with movie companies in order to orchestrate this giant arrest here in new zealand is this kind of give and take relationship between washington and hollywood although you say it is or are you just the exception does this really exist well i mean you have to look at the players behind this case ok the driving force of course is chris dodd the chairman of the m.p.a. and he was a senator for a long time and he is according to joe biden joe biden's best friend and the state attorney that is in charge of this case has been joe biden's personal counsel while you was a senator right and also worked as an anti-piracy you know manager for the b.s.a. business office or c. asian which is basically like the m.p.a. but for software companies so and also the timing is very interesting you know. the election time. fundraisers in hollywood set for february march april and you know they had to be some kind of plan b. and turn it in for sopa and you know hollywood is a very important contributor to bombers campaign not just with m
so you blamed president obama and the obama administration for colluding with movie companies in order to orchestrate this giant arrest here in new zealand is this kind of give and take relationship between washington and hollywood although you say it is or are you just the exception does this really exist well i mean you have to look at the players behind this case ok the driving force of course is chris dodd the chairman of the m.p.a. and he was a senator for a long time and he is according...
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ambassador the obama administration had libya checked as a foreign policy success what's happening in the region now of course looks anything but success we actually heard that in hillary clinton's testimony as she talked about the spread of extremism and the spread of weapons in the region and the new opening in the war on terror benghazi did not happen in a vacuum the arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region instability in mali has created an expanding safe haven for terrorists who look to extend their influence and plot further attacks of the kind we saw just last week in algeria hillary clinton also spoke about how the u.s. needs to help the governments in the region to deal with their security to build their institutions and all of this in the context of this expanding war on terror so to anyone who expected a smaller u.s. footprint in the region that's probably not going to happen from what we heard today if anything one could expect a big.
ambassador the obama administration had libya checked as a foreign policy success what's happening in the region now of course looks anything but success we actually heard that in hillary clinton's testimony as she talked about the spread of extremism and the spread of weapons in the region and the new opening in the war on terror benghazi did not happen in a vacuum the arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region instability in mali has created...
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administration may have overshadowed its reality in many regions of the world. so will today's hearing result in any meaningful changes or is it just an opportunity for grandstanding on capitol hill of course as of now we don't quite know the answer to that but as always we plan to keep you posted. u.s. trade representative ron kirk has announced he'll be stepping down now during the run kirk's time in office he's overseen one of the most significant trade negotiations in recent history the trans-pacific partnership also known as t p p now his office has made an assurance that despite his departure p.p.p. negotiations will continue in full force but we do want to talk this evening a little more about what those negotiations might entail first we'll give you a closer look at the trans-pacific partnership itself there are currently nine countries involved in negotiations at this time the united states of course australia doris allow. malaysia new zealand peru singapore and vietnam as well of mexico and canada now there are a number of things it would do here here'
administration may have overshadowed its reality in many regions of the world. so will today's hearing result in any meaningful changes or is it just an opportunity for grandstanding on capitol hill of course as of now we don't quite know the answer to that but as always we plan to keep you posted. u.s. trade representative ron kirk has announced he'll be stepping down now during the run kirk's time in office he's overseen one of the most significant trade negotiations in recent history the...
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however the final column on the right that you see there that shows that the hype and promise of the obama administration may have overshadowed its reality in many regions of the world so as far as today's hearings will they result in any meaningful changes or was it just an opportunity for grandstanding on capitol hill well we don't quite know the answer to that but as always we're going to keep you posted. u.s. trade representative ron kirk has announced he'll be stepping down during his time in office he oversaw one of the most significant trade negotiations in recent history the trans-pacific partnership or t.p. pay which is still going on around her his office has made an issue that despite his departure t.p. negotiations will continue we want to talk more today about what they may entail but first a closer look at the trans-pacific partnership itself there are currently nine countries involved in negotiations at this time united states australia brunei dar es salaam chile malaysia new zealand peru singapore and vietnam mexico and canada were also invited to participate there are a nu
however the final column on the right that you see there that shows that the hype and promise of the obama administration may have overshadowed its reality in many regions of the world so as far as today's hearings will they result in any meaningful changes or was it just an opportunity for grandstanding on capitol hill well we don't quite know the answer to that but as always we're going to keep you posted. u.s. trade representative ron kirk has announced he'll be stepping down during his time...
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when the bush administration was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans are for been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama has unfortunately continued much of his predecessor's excesses and recklessness we will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet. regardless of the consequences. now so we have for this hour alarms bells ringing for germany's chancellor merkel the party suffer as another regional voting downs gets stronger she'll win a third term in office. and running for your own life and later on we have the story of a half naked man who fell from a train in the middle of a frozen forest and managed to survive that's coming after a short break to stay with us. do we speak your language
when the bush administration was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans are for been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama has unfortunately continued much of his...
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was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans have been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama as unfortunately continued much of his predecessor's excesses and recklessness we will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. israel seems to be bringing up a generation of young patriots money of government award bonuses to high school teachers who succeeded in motivating students to do their army service more on that head to our t. dot com. also online europe incased and snow is extremely low temperatures result in transport chaos and flights canceled across the continent. syria's opposition coalition is struggling to form an interim government head of the group has
was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans have been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama as unfortunately continued much of his predecessor's excesses and...
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saying in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slow down the american way with respect to the foreign policy there are are you hopeful signs over the nomination hey goal by but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be wedded to a program of using drones the hour it has on the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the fears americans are not sick or sanguine about the prospects or or toward the united states being a country which basically respects international we and also desires we respect the liberties of our own people. also we have for you this hour damascus calls on the syrian opposition to lay down arms the country's minister remains preconditions for talks while the opposition coalition seeks more backing to form a transitional government. and the wrong name for your life later on we have a story about half naked man from a train in the middle of a frozen forest and manage to survive that's coming up after the short break. we speak your language. programs
saying in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slow down the american way with respect to the foreign policy there are are you hopeful signs over the nomination hey goal by but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be wedded to a program of using drones the hour it has on the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the fears americans are not sick or sanguine about the...
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was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans have been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama as unfortunately continued much of his predecessor's excesses and recklessness we will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. when i return back to our top story this hour the aftermath of the deadly hostage siege in algeria carried out by islamist terrorists in retaliation for the french campaign in mali live to a former british ambassador to algeria graeme han. from london thank you for being with us with us ambassador several british civilians were among those killed during the gas plant takeover will go in continue do you think to support the french intervention in
was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and balances and has even refused congressional requests to disclose how many americans have been spied on so things like that i mean a really troubling and i don't think he's going to get as much pushback from congress as as one might hope in the foreign policy realm obama as unfortunately continued much of his predecessor's excesses and...
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in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slow down the americans with respect to the foreign policy there are a few hopeful signs of the nomination haykel by but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be whether to have a program of using drones the power has the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the fears americans are not sick or sanguine about the prospects or seeing us move forward toward the united states being a country which basically respects international and also desires we respect the liberties of our own people. israel will act a new apartment on tuesday with prime minister benjamin netanyahu predicted to come out on top but many israelis don't think his policies are radical enough the one time netanyahu supporter reaping the rewards. reports now on why the israeli leader even has to fight against his former allies. he's the surprise success story of israel's election campaign one twin millionaire who says a palestinian state would be suicide for
in some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slow down the americans with respect to the foreign policy there are a few hopeful signs of the nomination haykel by but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be whether to have a program of using drones the power has the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the fears americans are not sick or sanguine about the prospects or...
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administration to deal with a post assad syria. i do you know i don't think i don't think they're prepared to deal with that at all one of the problems with the various american led interventions over the years whether we're talking about bosnia kosovo libya and hopefully not in the future syria is that the goal mediately defined comes first and then worry about the consequences later is something that is not fully taken into account we look at for example the aftershocks of libya in mali and in algeria ok we will leave it and former us senate foreign policy adviser thank you for your time thank you good times at goldman sachs staff at the investment giant are reported to be getting a significant salary boost but a lot of that money has been made on the back of surging food prices which are leaving many around the world starving nearly my colleague in d.c. now we speak to our sees the legacy of ski he's been looking into the matter. this debate has been going on for many years now but this latest controversy is definitely making th
administration to deal with a post assad syria. i do you know i don't think i don't think they're prepared to deal with that at all one of the problems with the various american led interventions over the years whether we're talking about bosnia kosovo libya and hopefully not in the future syria is that the goal mediately defined comes first and then worry about the consequences later is something that is not fully taken into account we look at for example the aftershocks of libya in mali and...
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his administration play a leading role in aiding regime change specifically he said that i think it had if it had not been for the leadership we showed you might have seen a different outcome there we do nobody a service when we leap before we look sounds fair enough but as we've just heard from bell true continuing on dress and mass protests are happening in egypt and the president has declared a state of emergency and nightly curfew so violence there reigns president obama who in fact of course like he upheld in this interview promoted change in the country and he used to enjoy quite high approval ratings across the muslim world but if we look at some numbers a recent poll has suggested that there's been a sharp drop in popularity in the region take a look at these numbers in terms of foreign policy international policy so to say thirty four percent back in two thousand and nine now at a mere fifteen percent in twenty twelve well another legacy of obama's first term in office was his handling of the revolt in libya again the president saying washington's foreign policy made a diff
his administration play a leading role in aiding regime change specifically he said that i think it had if it had not been for the leadership we showed you might have seen a different outcome there we do nobody a service when we leap before we look sounds fair enough but as we've just heard from bell true continuing on dress and mass protests are happening in egypt and the president has declared a state of emergency and nightly curfew so violence there reigns president obama who in fact of...
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at least as much if not more secrecy than the bush administration and certainly mr mcdonough has played a played a role in perpetuating those policies and here he as you mentioned he played a role in starting wars in afghanistan and also in iraq and he's also playing a key role in ending it so does this kind of make up for the role he played in starting it really well i. don't know this is really fair to keep score because again. i think he was acting on behalf of the principles that he worked for at the time whether it's the president now senator daschle or back then i don't know that i would read too much into his background into his new role as chief of staff because if you look back president obama this will be his fourth chief of staff have all been unique personalities certainly you know rahm emanuel was you had a better temper. and it is certainly given credit for having killed the close guantanamo after you know the white house counsel greg craig who was a proponent of closing guantanamo and president obama as one of his first orders of business to sign the executive order and r
at least as much if not more secrecy than the bush administration and certainly mr mcdonough has played a played a role in perpetuating those policies and here he as you mentioned he played a role in starting wars in afghanistan and also in iraq and he's also playing a key role in ending it so does this kind of make up for the role he played in starting it really well i. don't know this is really fair to keep score because again. i think he was acting on behalf of the principles that he worked...
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but has continued under president obama and what. hillary clinton did which was more important than anything else during her four years as secretary of state was to be part of the coalition the phalanx if you will of pro-war people which included general mcchrystal. admiral. the admiral mullen and bob gates the secretary of defense she was part of that coalition which really left president obama no choice but to go along with the forty thousand troops that the military was demanding that the crystal was demanding for afghanistan and that was the beginning of this long term trend which usurped the power over u.s. national security policy and in fact over u.s. foreign policy as well because that has dominated everything else the united states has done abroad so i think really the most important part of her legacy was to be an empowering factor in the war in afghanistan so will john kerry continue with that legacy will we see a change in direction. oh absolutely i think we can expect that john kerry will. perforce will wilma must follow
but has continued under president obama and what. hillary clinton did which was more important than anything else during her four years as secretary of state was to be part of the coalition the phalanx if you will of pro-war people which included general mcchrystal. admiral. the admiral mullen and bob gates the secretary of defense she was part of that coalition which really left president obama no choice but to go along with the forty thousand troops that the military was demanding that the...
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administration so it's going to be a very tough month ahead for coalition forming and this may not be the last election campaign we may see here in the coming year we may have a period of unstable well i'm an unstable government and new elections well a major reason it is the state solution israel palestinian conflict that seems to be in a shambles netanyahu wants more settlements how is that affecting his image at home . well i beg to differ it is perhaps in shambles right now because there is no initiative coming from either israel or outside of it however once president obama is just being inaugurated for his second term once he comes out with a major diplomatic initiative with secretary of state john kerry who is for such an initiative then most of the israeli public may turn against or against his own prime minister if he tries to to appear though such an initiative the silent majority in music once a solution and the only possible the only practical solution is the two state solution so we may yet see within the next year or two some breakthrough towards such a solution well let
administration so it's going to be a very tough month ahead for coalition forming and this may not be the last election campaign we may see here in the coming year we may have a period of unstable well i'm an unstable government and new elections well a major reason it is the state solution israel palestinian conflict that seems to be in a shambles netanyahu wants more settlements how is that affecting his image at home . well i beg to differ it is perhaps in shambles right now because there is...
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administration will be less warmongering towards the word but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced vision i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table come out of his come out of his mouth in addition to the point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with who will continue many of the covert programs of course or drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia that will be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for. coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran john brennan has been in charge of president obama's targeted assassinations program is a point of push the notorious war on terror in a different perspective and shows that it's far from over they want wars that will not redound against them at home politically so they don't want any more body bags they don't want more american troops. to the extent they want to prevent that th
administration will be less warmongering towards the word but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced vision i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table come out of his come out of his mouth in addition to the point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with who will continue many of the covert programs of course or drone program but many of the covert...
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and he has to deal with the new administration that brought with them probably chuck hagel.
and he has to deal with the new administration that brought with them probably chuck hagel.
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and he has to deal with the new administration that brought with them probably chuck hagel. kerry or those people obviously they have different they're looking for maybe. to solve the crisis on the other hand i think mr nothing he looks to build more settlements and cause more friction with the palestinians by insisting on belding settlement the way he's taken the middle east he probably taken it into. i think at this point looking to close some file in the middle east and move to south east asia i don't think they wanted any new war especially against iran at this time on the other side netanyahu he think he can launch that attack on iran which i think somebody in america would not allow it as you say the regions in turmoil at the moment don't rest on all of israel's borders wouldn't it be the right thing to do perhaps to turn to the right is it not the thing to have to leave the country in these times of strong right. i don't think i think it's i think israel has been really have really divided they have a lot of problems most of their problem is internal problem it has to
and he has to deal with the new administration that brought with them probably chuck hagel. kerry or those people obviously they have different they're looking for maybe. to solve the crisis on the other hand i think mr nothing he looks to build more settlements and cause more friction with the palestinians by insisting on belding settlement the way he's taken the middle east he probably taken it into. i think at this point looking to close some file in the middle east and move to south east...
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cited egypt as one of the examples where his administration played a leading role in aiding regime change this is what he said. president obama should say i think it if it had not been for the leadership forgive me that we showed you might have seen a different outcome here we do nobody a service when we leap before we look sounds fair enough but this as continuing on rest and mass protests lead gyptian president morsi as we heard earlier this hour to declare a state of emergency and nightly curfew so their violence reigns where president obama who promoted change in the country used to enjoy high approval ratings amongst gyptian and really the muslim world let's take a look at a recent poll which shows that the u.s. leader has witnessed a sharp drop in popularity in the region especially if we look at international polities the drop in muslim countries from thirty four to fifteen in twenty twelve well obama's first term in office was the handling of course of the revolt in libya and again the president said there that washington's foreign policy made a difference that's despite criticism
cited egypt as one of the examples where his administration played a leading role in aiding regime change this is what he said. president obama should say i think it if it had not been for the leadership forgive me that we showed you might have seen a different outcome here we do nobody a service when we leap before we look sounds fair enough but this as continuing on rest and mass protests lead gyptian president morsi as we heard earlier this hour to declare a state of emergency and nightly...
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cited egypt as one of the examples of where his administration played a leading role in aiding regime change this is exactly what he said i think had it not been for the leadership we showed you might have seen a different outcome we do nobody a service when we leap before we look make sense right but this as continuing on refs in mass protests lead egyptian president morsi as we just heard to declare a state of emergency and nightly curfews. so as we see there violence reigning in egypt and across the region really let's take a little bit of a licks a look i should say as the region as a whole in terms of what they think of obama president obama promoted change in the country that used to enjoy high approval ratings among. there if we take egypt pacifically recent polls though show that the leader has witnessed a sharp drop in his popularity in the region especially in egypt look at it in terms of international policies foreign policies from thirty four percent to fifteen percent in twenty twelve now another legacy of obama's first term in office was his handling of the revolt in lib
cited egypt as one of the examples of where his administration played a leading role in aiding regime change this is exactly what he said i think had it not been for the leadership we showed you might have seen a different outcome we do nobody a service when we leap before we look make sense right but this as continuing on refs in mass protests lead egyptian president morsi as we just heard to declare a state of emergency and nightly curfews. so as we see there violence reigning in egypt and...
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cited egypt and libya as examples where his administration played a leading role in aiding regime change amid accusations of u.s. retreat the president said former libyan leader colonel gadhafi quote probably does not agree with that assessment well both obama and clinton admitted the conflict in syria should be handed carefully with the president has a ten whether intervention would help resolve the crisis journalist an antiwar activist don de bar says clinton's reign as secretary of state has been a failure. look at the condition of the world right now and know that hillary clinton has been active active for four years the really disheartening thing about the show which is what it was shown on sixty minutes exclusively in the states was they spent an awful lot of time trying to explain to people how these two former primary campaign two thousand and eight adversaries could work together for four years and barack obama saying if it wasn't for hillary clinton we wouldn't have achieved success in libya the fact that this country which was bombed for eight months by nato by the us and its
cited egypt and libya as examples where his administration played a leading role in aiding regime change amid accusations of u.s. retreat the president said former libyan leader colonel gadhafi quote probably does not agree with that assessment well both obama and clinton admitted the conflict in syria should be handed carefully with the president has a ten whether intervention would help resolve the crisis journalist an antiwar activist don de bar says clinton's reign as secretary of state has...
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and one of the criticisms of is of course this this idea that obama is continuing policies of the bush administration through drones yes we're going to possibly have less boots on the ground. but this is something that a lot of people are expecting to continue in his second term what do you think. it will continue in a second term i don't see any chance of letting up i mean just this morning there are reports that some insurgents were killed in yemen and you know i mean this is a continuation and this goes back to the previous question you know we have to look at this more broadly more you know it comprehensively of the issues on the problems are going on in the world it's you know we're not going to solve anything and this goes for ever very good leadership a friend government throughout the globe basically you're not going to solve your problems through this kind of crash and this kind of direct violence you really have to work harder and i mean you know.
and one of the criticisms of is of course this this idea that obama is continuing policies of the bush administration through drones yes we're going to possibly have less boots on the ground. but this is something that a lot of people are expecting to continue in his second term what do you think. it will continue in a second term i don't see any chance of letting up i mean just this morning there are reports that some insurgents were killed in yemen and you know i mean this is a continuation...